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C. R. DISBROW.

Transplanter.

Patented Oct. 8, 1867.

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'GALEB 'DISB'R'OW, BATH, NEW YORK. Letters Patent No. 69,642, dated October 8, 18 67.

- TRANSPLANTER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT CONCERN:

Be it known that I, R. DI SBROW, of Bath, in' the county of Steuben, and State of New York, have invented anew and improved Transplanter; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will-enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an outsideview of my improved transplanter. -Figure 2, a vertical section, taken in the line y y, fig. 1. Figure 3, ahorizontal seetion taken in the line a: :v, fig. 2.

Similarletters-of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a. new andimproved mode of constructing an implement for the use of gardeners in transplanting plants and shrubs, to removethem with the soil in which they grow without disturbing the roots.

The implement is constructed of plate steel or malleable iron,; and may be round or quadrangular. One side of it slides up and down, and leaves a-space, when removed, to allow the implement to be pladed around a plant or shrub from one side, without injury to the leaves or branches, before itis plunged into the earth around the roots. v

The drawings illustrate my improved trunsplanter, of quadrangular form, with three sides, a a a, united at two of the corners, andone side,'a/, made separately, to slide up and down in grooves c c in the edges of the other sides. The implement is made tapering from top to bottom, just enough to hold the soil when a plant is removed by it. The sliding side a has ahandle, 6, attached .to it like a spade, which it resembles in form, by which it is removed and replaced and made to penetrate the ground. A handle, 6'', is also, attached to the opposite side a, by which the implement is moved about, and a plant carried from placeto place with safety and convenience. The side amay be made to slide in flanges on the edges, instead of grooves, as described.

The operation of my improved transplanter is manifest.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A taper-formed transplanter, with a sliding side, a, arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

1 CALEB R. DISBROW.

Witnesses:

' H. A. Common,

Jonas VAN Wm. 

